Justice Interrupted - The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth F. Thompson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Klappentext The Arab Spring uprising of 2011 is portrayed as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were¿and saw themselves as¿heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law. In Justice Interrupted we see the complex lineage of political idealism, reform, and violence that informs today¿s Middle East. Zusammenfassung The Arab Spring uprising of 2011 is portrayed as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were—and saw themselves as—heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law. In Justice Interrupted we see the complex lineage of political idealism, reform, and violence that informs today’s Middle East.

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• Authors: Elizabeth F Thompson, Elizabeth F. Thompson
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9780674073135
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07313-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Arab Spring, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Middle Eastern history, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Political structure and processes, HISTORY / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence